Smith played
more minutes than anyone on the team last season in earning the NBA Sixth Man of the Year honor.
- Steve Popper
"I know I can't play J.R. like I played him last season — not right out of the box. He was playing 35, 37, 38 minutes a night out there. I can't do that right now. We've got to be a little open-minded that he's coming off of a knee injury."
- Head Coach Mike Woodson
Fingers crossed for JRs good health
Cut Chris Smith
The Good News
Bargnani, Anthony and JR Smith compose as dangerous a scoring triangle as any in the NBA.
Add Pablo (floor leadership) and Ron World Peace (rebounding) and just add water.
I was angry with him in the playoffs, but I've missed JR, which surprises me! I think he adds a bit of fun comaraderie to the team chemistry. Of course I reserve the right to edit this post when he starts chucking up bad shot anfter bad shot...
Smacked dog - in JRs vocabulary, there is no such thing as a bad shot
The problem is that we need more from melo than just scoring. Guys like lebron parker duncan and kobe were able to do the other things besides scoring
StarksEwing1 wrote:The problem is that we need more from melo than just scoring. Guys like lebron parker duncan and kobe were able to do the other things besides scoring
If he plays like he did against the bobcats then there can be no complaints about him. Hopefully he is that focused and determined at this point.
CrushAlot wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:The problem is that we need more from melo than just scoring. Guys like lebron parker duncan and kobe were able to do the other things besides scoring
If he plays like he did against the bobcats then there can be no complaints about him. Hopefully he is that focused and determined at this point.
again you need to take into account that the Bobcats are terrible
StarksEwing1 wrote:CrushAlot wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:The problem is that we need more from melo than just scoring. Guys like lebron parker duncan and kobe were able to do the other things besides scoring
If he plays like he did against the bobcats then there can be no complaints about him. Hopefully he is that focused and determined at this point.
again you need to take into account that the Bobcats are terrible
Lots of variables. His team seems to be outmatched today. He certainly is playing well and hard.
CrushAlot wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:CrushAlot wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:The problem is that we need more from melo than just scoring. Guys like lebron parker duncan and kobe were able to do the other things besides scoring
If he plays like he did against the bobcats then there can be no complaints about him. Hopefully he is that focused and determined at this point.
again you need to take into account that the Bobcats are terrible
Lots of variables. His team seems to be outmatched today. He certainly is playing well and hard.
He definetly doesnt have much help i agree with that but against tougher teams this is where he needs to really shine. It might not be fair its just the way it is
JR smith is having a hell of a game.
StarksEwing1 wrote:JR smith is having a hell of a game.
StarksEwing - thank you for pointing out the obvious. JRSmith is returning from injury, in his first action of the regular season.
Rust never sleeps
misterearl wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:JR smith is having a hell of a game.
StarksEwing - thank you for pointing out the obvious. JRSmith is returning from injury, in his first action of the regular season.
Rust never sleeps
no problem
as of yesterday, I thought it was BARGS...
StarksEwing1 wrote:misterearl wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:JR smith is having a hell of a game.
StarksEwing - thank you for pointing out the obvious. JRSmith is returning from injury, in his first action of the regular season.
Rust never sleeps
no problem
JR did have a nice hand off dime to Bargs. Passing up an open look when nobody was within ten feet of him was nice to see. Not that one assist is worth keeping his brother, but hey, it's something.
Beat the Hawks!
